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Frans Pop wrote:
> Package: ppp-udeb
> Version: 2.4.4rel-8
> 
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> Hello debian-installer-team,
> 
> I downloaded me a new debian 4.0 network cd image for installing over
> the Internet.
> 
> I entered my ppp account informations and try to connect. But there was
> not possible.
> 
> After the 2. try i logged on to console 2 and make a cat to
> /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and found the problem.
> 
> My Provider has a # in the username and the entry in the pap-secrets was
> not quoted with " or '
> 
> After a echo "\"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" * \"password\"" >
> /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and a pppd call provider I was connected...
> 
> Please let the entry in pap and chap secrets wrote with quotes.

I already have a patch for this issue (attached).
Can this patch be applied over etch, if proven correct (I haven't
made any tests yet, but I am not expecting no problems given the
simplicity of the change)? I am thinking about r1 here, mostly.

Is this possible?

- --
Regards,
EddyP
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein
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Tue Apr 10 11:12:36 EEST 2007  Eddy Petrişor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  * quote username and password in pap/chap secrets - Closes: 418284
diff -rN -u old-ppp-eddyp-dev/ppp-2.4.4rel/debian/changelog new-ppp-eddyp-dev/ppp-2.4.4rel/debian/changelog
--- old-ppp-eddyp-dev/ppp-2.4.4rel/debian/changelog	2007-04-10 11:13:14.000000000 +0300
+++ new-ppp-eddyp-dev/ppp-2.4.4rel/debian/changelog	2007-04-10 11:13:14.000000000 +0300
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ppp (2.4.4rel-9) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * ppp-udeb: quote username and password in pap/chap secrets since they
+    might contain special characters (Closes: 418284)
+
+ -- Eddy Petrișor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:10:06 +0300
+
 ppp (2.4.4rel-8) unstable; urgency=high
 
   * urgency high since fixes an RC bug
diff -rN -u old-ppp-eddyp-dev/ppp-2.4.4rel/debian/ppp-udeb.postinst new-ppp-eddyp-dev/ppp-2.4.4rel/debian/ppp-udeb.postinst
--- old-ppp-eddyp-dev/ppp-2.4.4rel/debian/ppp-udeb.postinst	2007-04-10 11:13:14.000000000 +0300
+++ new-ppp-eddyp-dev/ppp-2.4.4rel/debian/ppp-udeb.postinst	2007-04-10 11:13:14.000000000 +0300
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 chmod 600 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
 cat <<EOF > /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
 #GENERATED-BY-DEBIAN-INSTALLER#
-$USERNAME	*	$PASSWORD
+"$USERNAME"	*	"$PASSWORD"
 EOF
 cp /etc/ppp/pap-secrets /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
 

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